Growth Metrics

Essential Utilities (WTRG) Tax Rate (2016 - 2025)

Essential Utilities (WTRG) has disclosed Tax Rate for 17 consecutive years, with 12.41% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Tax Rate rose 1314.0% to 12.41% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 1.07% through Dec 2025, up 4.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 1.07% for FY2025, 4.0% up from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate for Q4 2025 was 12.41% at Essential Utilities, up from 4.46% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Tax Rate was 94.37% in Q4 2022, with the low at 29.47% in Q4 2023.
  • Average Tax Rate over 5 years is 3.69%, with a median of 2.47% recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw Tax Rate soared 10619bps in 2022, then crashed -12384bps in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, Tax Rate stood at 11.82% in 2021, then soared by 898bps to 94.37% in 2022, then tumbled by -131bps to 29.47% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 98bps to 0.73% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 1794bps to 12.41% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Tax Rate over the past three periods came in at 12.41%, 4.46%, and 4.07% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.